Series contains clippings about Muir, including an obituary; a telegram to Muir; and photographs and negatives of Muir, family,
and friends.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Muir, Edla, 1906-1970

Box 1, Folder 1

Clippings about Muir1953, 1958

Scope and Contents note

Clipping about the Lambies' purchase of a ranch in the Kittias Valley of Washington state from the
Ellensburg Record as well as a clipping from
Building News with Muir as the "Personality of the Week."

Box 1, Folder 2

ObituaryNovember 1971

Scope and Contents note

Two clippings of Muir's obituary from the Santa Monica Evening Outlook.

Box 1, Folder 3

Telegram from Elizabeth Gordon to Muir1951

Scope and Contents note

Western Union telegraph from Elizabeth Gordon to Muir.

Box 1, Folder 4

Photographic portrait of Edla Muircirca 1935

Scope and Contents note

Black and white portrait of Edla Muir.

Box 1, Folder 5

Photographs of family and friendscirca 1955

Scope and Contents note

Various black and white photographs of Muir and her husband their child as well as Muir with her friends. Also contains negatives.

Reference Series 2:
1917- circa 1980

Physical Description:
2.5 Linear feet
(2.5 half record storage boxes)

creator:
Muir, Edla, 1906-1970

Scope and Contents note

Series contains articles and clippings of images from magazines, as well as photographs of buildings, furnishings, and building
elements, collected by Muir as reference material for her own design work.

Articles and clippings1917-1968

Scope and Contents note

Clippings gathered by Muir as reference for her own design work and interest.

Box 1, Folder 6

Barnsnd

Scope and Contents note

Magazine clippings of barns.

Box 1, Folder 7

Bars1928, 1930, 1941

Scope and Contents note

Magazine clippings of bars. Magazines include Pencil Points and House & Garden. Also includes a brochure from the Pittsburgh
Plate Glass Company.

Box 1, Folder 8

Bathrooms1931-1932, 1939, 1941, 1968

Scope and Contents note

Magazine clippings and articles about bathrooms. Magazines include Architect & Engineer, House Beautiful, Architectural Record,
House & Garden and Ladies' Home Journal. Also includes a patent for a combo shower and tub by Walter Bennett Anderson.

Box 1, Folder 9

Barbeques and Outdoor Entertaining1946-1947, 1952

Scope and Contents note

Magazine clippings about barbeques and outdoor entertaining spaces. Magazines include The American Home and Sunset. Also includes
plans for barbeques and outdoor fireplaces.

Box 1, Folder 10

Bay Windows1923, 1925, 1928-1929, 1932, 1941

Scope and Contents note

Magazine clippings of photographs of bay windows. Magazines include California Arts & Architecture, Architecture Portfolio,
House & Garden, Better Homes & Gardens and House Beautiful. Also includes brochures from window companies and an original
sketch of a casement.

Box 1, Folder 11

Brickwork1929-1930, 1938, 1943, 1958

Scope and Contents note

Magazine clippings of photographs of brickwork. Magazines include Architecture and Building News.

Magazine clippings of photographs of cabins. Magazines include Arts & Decoration, House & Garden, Architectural Record and
Pencil Points.

Box 1, Folder 14

California Style1924, 1926, 1928, 1931-1932, 1937

Scope and Contents note

Magazine and newspaper clippings of houses in California or showing California style architecture. Magazines include House
Beautiful, California Southland, Los Angeles Sunday Times and California Arts and Architecture. Also includes a small book
on El Greco's house in Toledo, Spain.

Magazine clippings of photographs of churches. Magazines include Architectural Forum, Your Church and Building Products.

Box 1, Folder 17

Climate1950-1951

Scope and Contents note

Two articles on how climate affects architecture from Architectural Forum and Sunset.

Box 1, Folder 18

Closets and Storage Spaces1926, 1929, 1939, 1946, 1959

Scope and Contents note

Magazine clippings of photographs of closets and other storage spaces. Magazines include House & Garden, House Beautiful and
Building News.

Box 1, Folder 19

Colonial Details1923, 1925-1928, 1932, 1936

Scope and Contents note

Magazine clippings of photographs of colonial architecture. Magazines include House & Garden, Pencil Points, Architectural
Forum, House Beautiful and Arts & Decoration. Also includes a booklet on colonial Virginia put out by Oil-O-Matic.

Box 1, Folder 20

Color Schemes and Charts1933, 1937

Scope and Contents note

Magazine clippings of color charts and house interiors. Magazines include House Beautiful, House & Garden, Vogue and National
Geographic.

Box 1, Folder 21

Corbello1924, 1933

Scope and Contents note

Magazine clippings of photographs of corbellos. Magazines include Architecture and Architect & Engineer.

Box 1, Folder 22

Doors1920, 1922-1929, 1931-1933, 1937

Scope and Contents note

Magazine clippings of photographs of doors. Magazines include Architecture, House & Garden, House Beautiful, National Geographic,
Architect & Engineer and Pencil Points.

Box 1, Folder 23

Dormers1925, 1937

Scope and Contents note

Magazine clippings of dormers from House & Garden and Better Homes & Garden.

Magazine clippings of photographs of floors. Magazines include Time, California Arts and Architecture and House & Garden.
Also includes a handwritten note on the John Byers' formula for treating tile floors.

Box 1, Folder 29

French and Baroque Style1925-1927, 1929, 1933, 1941, 1949

Scope and Contents note

Magazine clippings of photographs showing French and Baroque style homes as well as interiors. Magazines include House & Garden,
Arts & Decoration, Pacific Coast Architect and Architect & Engineer.

Box 1, Folder 30

Furniture1921, 1924-1927, 1932, 1949

Scope and Contents note

Magazine clippings of photographs of furniture. Magazines include House Beautiful, House & Garden, Architecture, Good Furniture
Magazine and Arts & Decoration. Also includes a brochure from the Herman Miller Furniture Company.

Box 1, Folder 31

Gadgets1939-1940, 1947

Scope and Contents note

Magazine clippings about various household gadgets and innovations. Magazines include Sunset, House & Garden and House Beautiful.
Also includes a typed Redwood formula and a brochure for a disappearing clothes line.

Box 1, Folder 32

Garages1925, 1931, 1933, 1937

Scope and Contents note

Magazine clippings of photographs of garage doors. Magazines include Architecture, Better Homes & Gardens, House Beautiful,
House & Gardens and California Arts & Architecture. Also includes specifications from the city of Los Angeles Department of
Building and Safety.

Box 1, Folder 33

Gates1917, 1922, 1925-1926, 1930, 1936

Scope and Contents note

Magazine clippings of photographs of gates, both interior and exterior. Magazines include Architectural Forum, Architecture,
House & Garden, Pacific Coast Architects, Architectural Record and Architect & Engineer. Also includes brochures from several
gate/fence manufacturers and a blueprint for a stockyard gate with latch from the University of California at Davis.

Box 2, Folder 34

Georgian Style1920, 1933, 1936-1937, 1941

Scope and Contents note

Magazine clippings of photographs of houses in the Georgian style. Magazines include Architect & Engineer, House & Garden,
American Architect & Architecture, Pencil Points and House Beautiful.

Box 2, Folder 35

Italian Style1918, 1922, 1926, 1936-1937, 1950

Scope and Contents note

Magazine clippings of house in Italy or done in an Italian style. Magazines include American Architect & Architecture, Architectural
Forum, House & Garden, Architect & Engineer, California Arts and Architecture and Architecture.

Box 2, Folder 36

Kitchens1945, 1948, 1968

Scope and Contents note

Magazine clippings about kitchens. Magazines include the Los Angeles Times Home Magazine, Sunset, Better Homes & Gardens,
House & Garden and House Beautiful.

Box 2, Folder 37

Lattice Work1925

Scope and Contents note

Magazine clippings of photographs showing lattice work on houses and in the garden. Magazines include House & Garden. Also
includes a brochure from Alhambra Kilns Company.

Box 2, Folder 38

Maps1921, 1925, 1927

Scope and Contents note

Magazine clippings and articles on maps and how to use them to decorate. Magazines include House & Garden, House Beautiful
and California Sports.

Magazine clippings on various home topics. Magazines include Pencil Points, House Beautiful, House & Home, Architectural Record,
Architect & Engineer, American Architect & Architecture, Architecture and Vogue. Also includes manufacturer brochures and
a handwritten sheet of font types. Magazine clippings on various home topics. Magazines include House & Garden, Vogue, California
Arts and Architecture and Arts & Decoration. Also includes several postcards and a Tuileries brochure.

Box 2, Folder 41

Modern Style1944, 1946, 1949, 1951-1952, 1958

Scope and Contents note

Magazine clippings of photographs of modern homes and interiors. Magazines include Architectural Record, Architectural Forum,
House & Garden, House Beautiful and House & Home.

Box 2, Folder 42

Nautical Style1923-1924, 1928, 1937

Scope and Contents note

Magazine clippings of photographs of ships, ship interiors and sundials. Magazines include House Beautiful and Architectural
Record.

Magazine clippings of photographs of houses and interiors done in the New England Colonial style. Magazines include House
& Garden, Pencil Points, Architectural Forum, House Beautiful and Architecture.

Box 2, Folder 44

New Orleans Style1924, 1926, 1931

Scope and Contents note

Magazine clippings of photographs of houses and interiors in New Orleans and in that style. Magazines include House & Garden.
Also includes a brochure about treillage from the Sternberg Manufacturing Company.

Box 2, Folder 45

Norman Style1920, 1924-1927, 1930-1931, 1937

Scope and Contents note

Magazine clipppings of photographs of houses and interiors done in a Norman style. Magazines include House & Garden, House
Beautiful, Arts & Decoration, the American Architect, Architect & Engineer and Home Designer.

Box 2, Folder 46

Panelling1920, 1926-1929, 1932

Scope and Contents note

Magazine clippings of photographs showing panelling in houses. Magazines include House & Garden, Architecture, House Beautiful,
Architectural Forum and the Saturday Evening Post.

Box 2, Folder

Parking1947

Scope and Contents note

Handwritten notes on how to design parking spaces as well as a parking primer for the city of Pasadena.

Magazine clippings of photographs showing examples of pergolas and porches. Magazines include House Beautiful, California
Arts & Architecture, Sunset and House & Garden. Also includes several original drawings.

Box 2, Folder 50

Pools1928, 1931

Scope and Contents note

Magazine clippings of photographs of pools. Magazines include House Beautiful and House & Garden. Also includes brochures
from swimming pool manufacturers and a blueprint of a redwood swimming pool designed by Arthur Lamb.

Box 2, Folder 51

Ranch Style1919, 1925, 1930, 1932-1933, 1937, 1939, 1947-1948

Scope and Contents note

Magazine clippings of photographs of ranch style houses. Magazines include California Arts & Architecture, House & Garden,
Architect & Engineer, House Beautiful, Architectural Record and Sunset. Also includes several original drawings.

Magazine clippings of photographs of roofs. Magazines include Architecture and House & Garden.

Box 3, Folder 54

Sculpture1958

Scope and Contents note

Magazine clippings of photographs of several sculptures. Magazines include Architectural Forum.

Box 3, Folder 55

Shutters1923, 1925, 1927, 1939

Scope and Contents note

Magazine clippings of photographs of shutters. Magazines include Arts & Decoration, Sunset and House & Garden.

Box 3, Folder 56

Southern Colonial Style1918, 1925-1926, 1928, 1931, 1938

Scope and Contents note

Magazine clippings of photographs of houses done in a southern colonial style. Magazines include House & Garden, House Beautiful
and Architectural Record. Also includes a booklet called "Twelve Old Houses West of Chesapeake Bay" and a layout of the Mansion
House at Mt. Vernon.

Box 3, Folder 57

Stairways1921, 1924-1925, 1930, 1932, 1938-1939, 1950

Scope and Contents note

Magazine clippings of photographs of stairways, both exterior and interior. Magazines include Architecture, House Beautiful,
House & Garden, American Architect & Architecture, Pencil Points and Arts & Decoration. Also includes a brochure from Duvinage
Spiral Stair Company, a letter to Muir about creating a spiral staircase, several original sketches and a plan from Holberg
Iron Incorporated showing standard stair details.

Box 3, Folder 58

Theater and Shop Seatingnd

Scope and Contents note

Two catalogues from the Heywood-Wakefield Theatre Seating Company and the American Seating Company.

Box 3, Folder 59

Vacation Homes1922, 1938, 1947, 1951

Scope and Contents note

Magazine clippings of photographs showing vacation homes. Magazines include House Beautiful, Architectural Forum, California
Arts & Architecture, Architect & Engineer and Sunset. Also includes a brochure from the Western Red Cedar Lumber Company.

Box 3, Folder 60

Verandas1933

Scope and Contents note

Magazine clippings of photographs of verandas. Magazines include Architecture Portfolio.

Series contains architectural drawings, including originals and reproductions, and project files, which hold specifications,
calculations, financial documents, for architecture and design projects by Edla Muir, circa 1930-1986, arranged alphabetically
by client or building name. The majority of Muir's designs were for clients in Southern California, but she did some work
in Ellensburg, Washington, where she and her husband purchased property.

Allen, Mr. and Mrs. Dick ranch house (Merced, Calif.)1943

Drawer 230, FlatFile 1

Architectural Drawings1943

Scope and Contents note

5 original drawings: foundation plan, roof plan and details, first floor plan, rear and front elevation, right and left end
elevations with cross section.

American Legion "Vista" house alterations1956

Drawer 230, FlatFile 2

Architectural Drawings1956

Scope and Contents note

4 original drawings: upper and lower floor plans of existing building and upper and lower floor plans of proposed alterations.

9 original drawings and 1 reproduction: details, site and roof plan, foundation plan and details, floor plan, sections and
elevations and details, elevations and details, fireplace plan and details and interiors and cabinets.

Notecards put out by the Federal Housing Administration Exhibit at the San Diego Exposition for various architects showcasing
their model homes with photographs and floor plans as well as loan information. Architects include Muir, Reginald Johnson,
Hunt and Chambers, John Byers, etc.

10 original drawings: site and roof and floor plans, foundation plan and sections, elevations, interior elevations, details,
revised door and windows, site and floor plans and interiors, foundation plan and elevations and sections.

Clipping from the Boston Sunday Globe with an article titled "Light for a Dark Corner" and a copy of House Beautiful with
an article titled "We Discover the Satisfaction of Living Close to Nature," both featuring the Hall house. Copy of the Los
Angeles Times Home Magazine with an article titled "Four Houses and Our Future" and two copies of Nuestra Arquitectura with
an article titled "Casa Entre Dos Colinas, California," both featuring the Hall house. Copy of the Architectural Record with
an article titled "Four Houses with Excellent Sites," featuring the Hall house.

Box 7, Folder 218, Oversize-box 9, Folder 243

Photographs and Negatives1952

Scope and Contents note

Interior and exterior photographs of the completed house and negatives. Photo credit: Maynard Parker

9 original drawings and 1 reproduction: living and dining room interiors, first and second floor plans, living and dining
and kitchen details, kitchen and living room interiors, full size details, chimney detail, door detail.

9 original drawings: plot and roof plan, foundation plan, floor plan, attic plan and section, east and north elevations, west
and south elevations, living room interiors, bedroom and bath and hall interiors, kitchen and pantry interiors.

23 original drawings and 6 reproductions: plan and section and elevation for social hall building, plot plan and distribution,
details and one line diagram, first floor lighting and power plan, second floor lighting and power plan, schedules, heating
and ventilation plan, education building basement alteration plan, lot survey, plot plan, first floor plan, second floor plan,
elevations and sections, roof plan and details, door frame and interior details, children's building alteration plans, full
size details.

Box 6, Folder 201

Project Files1961-1962

Scope and Contents note

Set of specifications for a social hall building, an educational building and a children's building.

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation film sets for "Ladies of Washington," "Home in Indiana," and "Laura" (Los Angeles,
Calif.)
1943-1944